After 12-year „time-out-from-hockey“-break the Estonian goalie Allan Mäkinen is back on the ice. There was a very unusual comeback last week. That hockey cracks often take a „time-out-from-hockey“ is not uncommon. Usually, such a break takes 1-2 years. The Estonian goalie Allan Mäkinen took 12 years. As a 21-year-old he had to end his career […]

Dinamo Riga win after a 1-4 defeat against SKA with 6-5. Dinamo gave goalie Maxim Tretyak the chance to play again. The grandfather of Maxim, the great Vladislav Tretyak, was also in Sochi to see the game. Tretyak had many good saves at the start but was defeated by Zubarev and Jori Lehtera on their […]

Mark Kaleinikovas moves to Latvia and Dominyk Bogdziul relocates to Sweden. Lithuanian team defender Mark Kaleinikovas will move from the „Kitzbüheler Adler“ from Austria to the Latvian club „HK Liepaja“. Kaleinikovas’s career began in Russia in the U17 team of Salavat Yualev Ufa. For the season 1015-16 he returns to his home country to Liepaja. […]

Ralfs Sebastjans Bergmanis and Rauls Haralds Slisans are coming from the USA to HS Riga Also the HS Riga continued to put more emphasis on the juniors and brought back two young talents from the United States to Latvia. The 17-year-old Ralfs-Sebastjans Bergmanis comes from the junior team of the NHL organization of the New […]

HC Trinec extends Guntis Galvins by a year – Egils Kalns joins the Dundee Stars. The Czech top team HC Trinec extends with the 33-year-old Guntis Galvins for another year. Galvins, who came to Trinec through HK Kurbads last season, was a strong defensive backing. The club officials therefore took the option and secured the […]

The Belarussian club Neman Grodno strengthened with Ugnius Cizas the offensive In search of a young offensive force, the 7-time Belarusian champion Neman Grodno found what he was looking for. With the 23-year-old Lithuanian Ugnius Cizas, who can be used both as a center and right wing, a player of choice has been committed. Born […]

With Aleksandrs Galkins and Gatis Sprukts, two France legionaries return to Latvia. HK Zemgale is stepping up with the 22-year-old Gatis Sprukts. The Forward was under contract to „Brest“ in France last season. Born in Jelgava, Spruks started his career with his home club, Jelgava. 2011-12 he went to Riga and played at SK Riga, […]

Estonia’s Routnier Alexander Petrov continues to play in Italy and joins ValpEagle 36-year-old Estonian international player Alexander Petrov plays another year in Italy. He moves from Milano Rosso Blue to Valpa Eagle in the second Italian league. His long career started at „Kohtla-Järve Central“. In the season 2001-02 he went to Russia for a year […]